The Swedish shipping line has taken delivery of the second in a series of two 15,000 dwt big chemical & oil products tanker.

The dual-fuel (gas-run, incl. bioLNG) vessel, constructed by China Merchants Jinling Shipard (Yangzhou) Dingheng, offers 16,500 m3 of cargo capacity across 14 epoxy-coated tanks.

The Finnish North European Oil Trade (NEOT) will commercially operate TERN FORS in the Baltic Sea.

The tanker, designed by Terntank in co-op with Kongsberg Maritime CM, features a suite of Kongsberg's digital solutions. Among others, these make it possible to optimise the vessel's voyage by constantly adjusting the speed to meet the agreed time of arrival, sending a virtual notice of readiness moving directly into a port instead of dropping anchor and waiting to berth.

"The delivery of TERN ISLAND and TERN FORS marks our ongoing journey to evolve and learn, in respect of continuously developing sustainable shipping across all range of our operations. The innovative ship design of TERN ISLAND and TERN FORS unites technical and digital solutions that optimise voyages, achieves a drastic decrease in emissions and most significantly assists our crew onboard in daily operations," Claes Möller, CEO, Tärntank Ship Management, commented.

He furthered, "We are passionate and our philosophy is that it should be easy to do the right thing, especially for our crew which are the core of our business. To make this a reality, it takes a lot of hard work behind the scenes and the enhanced insights which the digital solutions provide, help us to further achieve this."

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